Freeze-drying your pet seems to be the new rage, if you are sightly mentally disturbed, I suppose. It is not a new process. Also called lyophilization or cryodesiccation, freeze-drying is a dehydration process. Usually, you apply it to food. You know, so astronauts can eat strawberries in space. It works by freezing and reducing the pressure at the same time. That way, the water goes directly from solid phase to gas phase. The process is designed to preserve any organic matter, avoiding decay.

People are just just doing what offers them comfort. A lot of Mike's [the owner of Mac's Taxidermy and Freeze-Dry] customers feel they've cheated death in some way.

Well, Mike's customers clearly need to become customers of other fine establishments. Establishments with padded rooms and free straight jackets. I just can't imagine myself freeze-drying my dogs, precisely because I love them and they would just be a sad empty furred carcass.

But whatever. Who am I to judge sad, deranged pet owners. I'd probably freeze-dry Matt Buchanan one day, and have him around the house, changing his pose every day. Matt playing Xbox games. Matt tinkering with the latest iPad. Matt preparing gourmet coffee. It will be fun, Matt! FOREVER YOUNG. And dry.